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Posts tagged with 'weiss' at MetaFilter.Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:26:15 -0800Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:26:15 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Mine is the beige house. No, the other one. No, the one next to that.http://www.metafilter.com/140564/Mine%2Dis%2Dthe%2Dbeige%2Dhouse%2DNo%2Dthe%2Dother%2Done%2DNo%2Dthe%2Done%2Dnext%2Dto%2Dthat
In his new book <a href="http://www.artbook.com/blog-first-sight-christoph-gielen.html">Ciphers</a>, German photographer <a href="http://www.christophgielen.com/ciphers-2/">Christopher Gielen</a> (<a href="https://www.metafilter.com/110538/I-can-see-my-house-from-here">previously</a>) reveals haunting images of our endlessly repetitive development through aerial views of American urban sprawl. The photographic aerial studies reveal the hidden geometries of sprawl growth that become apparent only when seen from far above the ground. These top-view abstractions show striking parallels between layouts and shapes of otherwise unrelated developments – structures as varied in function as prisons and retirement communities. But all of them clearly demonstrate sprawl as a car dependent phenomenon and as a way of life.
These pictures are intended to invoke an era of carefree risk-taking, of “bigger is better,” when investing in home ownership and commercial real estate were still standard practices and neither distance from workplace or city centers nor gasoline prices much mattered in determining the geographic locations of new constructions.
The goal of this work is to connect art with environmental politics and to trigger a discussion about contemporary building trends by looking closely at the ramifications of sprawl – to ask: what is sustainable planning? – particularly at this point in time, when a growing need for new housing is prevalent across the globe.
To further explore these topics, Ciphers was paired with essays by futurist Geoff Manaugh, cultural philosopher Johan Frederik Hartle, urban redevelopment expert Galina Tachieva, architect Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, as well as environmentalists Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris of The Canary Project. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.140564Sat, 05 Jul 2014 11:26:15 -0800Room 641-AThey call him the "Rabbah Rouser"http://www.metafilter.com/94298/They%2Dcall%2Dhim%2Dthe%2DRabbah%2DRouser
<i>“There’s a tremendous amount of anxiety among religious traditionalists that when you take one step toward egalitarianism, the floodgates are open and everything that seemed self-evident will no longer be. Men go to work, and women raise children. If you undermine that, you have lost your whole universe.”</i><br><br>The Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements of Judaism have been ordaining women as rabbis for decades, but the religion's most traditional sect, the Orthodox, remains a lone, minority holdout against egalitarianism. Last year, Orthodox Rabbi Avraham "Avi" Weiss (political <a href="http://jewishbreakingnews.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/rabbi-avi-weiss-arrested-in-todays-ahmadinejad-protest-tomorrows-speakers-paterson-giuliani-thomson-silver-wiesel/">activist</a> and founder of the <a href="http://matzav.com/yated-blasts-chovevei-torah-for-ordination-of-female-rabbi-calls-on-yu-rca-ou-to-denounce-open-orthodoxy">controversial</a>, liberal, "Open Orthodox" <a href="http://www.yctorah.org/">Yeshivat Chovevei Torah</a> Yeshiva in New York) <a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/67145/">tried to shake things up by ordaining the first female American Orthodox rabbi</a>. Weiss ordination of 'Rabbah' Sara Hurwitz has led to a statement from the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America accepting <a href="http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new_york/rca_finds_consensus_deepening_women%27s_roles">an expansion</a> of leadership roles for women in their synagogues.
Related: This week, Rabbi Weiss was one of about 100 moderate Orthodox rabbis and teachers from North America and Israel who signed a <a href="http://statementofprinciplesnya.blogspot.com/">“statement of principles”</a> outlining <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Article.aspx?id=183117">a tolerant, open, accepting approach to gay men and women who want to maintain ties with their Orthodox community, family and friends.</a> The statement says that <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3926452,00.html">"although [Orthodox] Judaism 'cannot give its blessing and imprimatur to Jewish religious same-sex commitment ceremonies and weddings,' communities must still accept 'practicing' gay couples and their children into synagogues, schools."</a>
Homophobia is <a href="http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2010/01/yu-panel-on-gay-homosexuality-draws-homophobic-fire-from-rosh-yeshivas-and-administration-678.html">not</a> uncommon <a href="http://www.filmsthatchangetheworld.com/site/">in Orthodox communities</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.94298Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:09:26 -0800zarqI saw the light.http://www.metafilter.com/66507/I%2Dsaw%2Dthe%2Dlight
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njyq_N38_SE" title="David Weiss offers a spirited version of 'Sweet Georgia Brown' (accompanied by the fabulous Tonight Show band! Wow!), followed by 'Danny Boy'.">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J68ByZ-5jn0" title="This unnamed fellow in the wide striped jacket, entertaining at some sort of party, offers a simple but pleasing and contemplative little melody.">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPXW1ucALw" title="Piano and saw duet on Edith Piaf's Hymne &#0224; l'Amour. You'll forgive the pianists's flubbed chord in the intro...">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUiWzm3Kk_A" title="Straight off someone's TV, here's Japan's Sakita Hajime in duet with piano.">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJ11AhkJno" title="This all-too-brief clip features Dennis Teeth (great name...) in a performance of the Star Trek theme, which is, of course, perfect for musical saw.">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkN4kmehjY" title="Happy Birthday.">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o87QkRAs6N8" title="Lederhosen, Edelweiss... gotta be Austria, right?">Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTxCmgYuCE" title="This version of 'Yesterday' features some of the most out-of-tune sawing of all the links here. It's included as a token representation of lousy sawing, which we could've expected given the pompous introduction the player made at the top of the clip."> Musical saw</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFEnvUpEQFU" title="Saved the best for last: a chorus of saws plays 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Truly awesome.">Musical saw</a>. For those who just wanna run out now and grab a saw and start bowing it, there's <i>lots</i> of tutorials and info on the nets. Here's a few links:
<a href="http://www.theremin-saw.com/saw.htm">Saw</a>.
<a href="http://www.musical-saw.com/tutorial.htm">Saw</a>.
<a href="http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/saw.htm">Saw</a>.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_saw">Saw</a>.
One contemporary player of particular note is <a href="http://www.younggodrecords.com/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=74">David <a href="http://www.myspace.com/davidcoulter">Coulter</a>, who has lent his creativity and master's touch on the saw to the recordings and performances of luminaries such as Damon Albarn, Tom Waits, The Pogues and many others.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66507Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:31:21 -0800flapjax at midniteThe Hunter Becomes the Huntedhttp://www.metafilter.com/51715/The%2DHunter%2DBecomes%2Dthe%2DHunted
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/18/us/18cnd-legal.html?ex=1305604800&amp;en=b01b6a82560cd855&amp;ei=5090&amp;partner=rssuserland&amp;emc=rss">Indicted!</a> No, not <a href="http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/05/rove_indictment_watch_update.html">him</a>. Today the <a href="http://www.milbergweiss.com">"most prestigious and recognized
plaintiff law firm in the United States"</a> was <a href="http://www.hamtaco.net/files/milberg-indictment.pdf">indicted (.pdf)</a> on federal charges of obstruction of justice, perjury, bribery,
and fraud.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51715Thu, 18 May 2006 19:57:41 -0800brain_drainPeter Weiss and the Aesthetics of Resistancehttp://www.metafilter.com/43104/Peter%2DWeiss%2Dand%2Dthe%2DAesthetics%2Dof%2DResistance
<a href="http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/weissp/adw.htm">The Aesthetics of Resistance.</a> The first part of <a href="http://members.aol.com/emmybca/PeterWeiss.html" title="English-language site devoted to Weiss' work.">Peter</a> <a href="http://www.complete-review.com/authors/weissp.htm" title="Page about Weiss's life & work at the Complete Review.">Weiss</a>'s 3-volume novel <i>Die &#0196;sthetik des Widerstands</i> (1975-81) has, after many delays, finally been <a href="http://www.dukeupress.edu/cgibin/forwardsql/search.cgi?template0=nomatch.htm&template2=books/book_detail_page.htm&user_id=10334&Bmain.Btitle_option=1&Bmain.Btitle=The+Aesthetics+of+Resistance%2C+Volume+1&Bmain.Subtitle=%3A+A+Novel" title="Duke University Press product page for 'The Aesthetics of Resistance.'">published</a> in a Joachim Neugroschel’s English translation: a major, though largely-unheralded literary event. The book ‘stands as the most significant German novel published after The Tin Drum.’ <small>[more inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43104Tue, 28 Jun 2005 03:54:12 -0800misteraitchEnron Fraud dot Com.http://www.metafilter.com/15086/Enron%2DFraud%2Ddot%2DCom
<a href="http://enronfraud.com/">Enron Fraud dot Com.</a> The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes &amp; Lerach cordially invites Enron stockholders to partake in their class action lawsuit against the fallen energy baron. Great domain, great layout, great case. How could they lose? tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.15086Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:50:57 -0800tankboy